CVE-2008-4582

N/A
Published: October 15, 2008 at 08:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:58 PM UTC
4 products affected across 3 vendorsDebian LinuxUbuntu LinuxFirefox· also runs on 1 platform

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 10%

Description

Mozilla Firefox 3.0.1 through 3.0.3, Firefox 2.x before 2.0.0.18, and SeaMonkey 1.x before 1.1.13, when running on Windows, do not properly identify the context of Windows .url shortcut files, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and obtain sensitive information via an HTML document that is directly accessible through a filesystem, as demonstrated by documents in (1) local folders, (2) Windows share folders, and (3) RAR archives, and as demonstrated by IFRAMEs referencing shortcuts that point to (a) about:cache?device=memory and (b) about:cache?device=disk, a variant of CVE-2008-2810.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Runs on — not affected

The affected product only carries this flaw when running on these platforms. The platforms themselves are not vulnerable.

References (32)

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http://secunia.com/advisories/32192
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http://secunia.com/advisories/32684
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPermissions Required
http://secunia.com/advisories/32693
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPermissions Required
http://secunia.com/advisories/32714
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPermissions Required
http://secunia.com/advisories/32721
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http://secunia.com/advisories/32778
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPermissions Required
http://secunia.com/advisories/32845

CVSS

Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-264

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